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This is the first time i am using a virtual machine.
So i decided to make debian guest on windows xp sp2 host.
So i created the virtual machine configured the virtual hard drive and the rest and used Nat as configuration for network.
I started installing the debian linux/gnu os , all good untill i was asked if i wanted to choose a mirror for my sorce.list file.I choosed a mirror and i tryed to install some packages from that mirror, then all things got strange.
The computer just froze cpu 100% and the network was like 1kb/s i think..
What could have been the problem?
Note:The configuration of the network on the debian guest was dhcp.
Maybe the answer is here on the forum or on other site but unfortunately i failed to find it.

This should not happen. Did you try to run the installer and not select the mirror option? What does that do?

If i don't select any mirrors (meaning not conecting to the internet for getting new packages) the instalation goes as it was meant to do without any problems.The froze state with the 100% cpu use apears only when i am downloading something from the internet above 1Mb size.
After i finished the instalation and tryed to use `apt-get install "new_package"` happened the same thing.

Do you have a third party firewall on your Host? I just upgraded my Lenny VM, so far my Host (Xubuntu 8.10) is still running happily. Could also be a bug specific for Windows Hosts. Please check the logs of your VMs and Host for any evidence of the freeze. Also check the http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker for similar bugs and if you can't find one, create a bug report. Attach any logs you have that might be helpful. You do need a separate account for the bugtracker though.

ok, i(m having the same issue on windows Xp SP3

it seems to be due to the new NAT engine.
there is another post on that problem:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=12443

and i just opened a ticket in order to report this issue, please comment if you have further information:
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2845

So this beeing said and untill the Nat problem will be solved is there another method which i can use to make the internet work on my guest os?

dark19 wrote:So this beeing said and untill the Nat problem will be solved is there another method which i can use to make the internet work on my guest os?

You can use the new Host Interface option so your VM will be a part of the network with it's own IP address. If your VM happens to get the same IP as your host, set a static IP instead.

Another option is to downgrade to 2.0.6 (you should have a backup of your machine xml files) and use that until this issue is fixed in a new release.

Thx very much for the help it seams that downgradeing to 2.06 was the thing .
Now the nat thingy works like a charm.